Term ends Jun 19, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Feb 25, 2025
Held by Micronic Laser Systems AB
Filed Feb 25, 2005 as application 11/066,828 · Granted Nov 17, 2009
Base term plus 1210 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2005
2028
Clock starts
Feb 25, 2005
Feb 25, 2005
Term ends
Jun 19, 2028
Jun 19, 2028
Granted
Nov 17, 2009
Nov 17, 2009
base term
patent term adjustment
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
1,210
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
3 of 3
Maintenance fees paid
Three maintenance fees fall due, at 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years from grant. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
3
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
This patent's term runs 1210 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: High. from the record
How we calculated this date
One row per rule, each showing its own input and what it did to the date. A step we could not verify says so instead of resolving itself.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Feb 25, 2005, when this application, 11/066,828, was filed | Feb 25, 2025 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1210 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 19, 2028 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jun 19, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,110,159 | Term ended Dec 2024 | Dec 2024 |
| US 7,618,751 | this patent Jun 2028 | Jun 2028 |
| Application 11/228,022 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Assignments
Assignment documents as recorded at the USPTO, oldest first, with the reel and frame each was recorded at. A recorded assignment is a filed document, not a statement of current ownership, and the absence of a later one is not evidence that the last one still stands.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 25, 2005 Reel 16341, frame 25 | Sandstrom, Torbjorn; Martinsson, Hans | Micronic Laser Systems AB | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 17, 2005 Reel 17017, frame 274 | Sandstrom, Torbjorn; Martinsson, Hans | Micronic Laser Systems AB | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 12, 2008 Reel 21817, frame 782 | Micronic Laser Systems AB | ASML Netherlands B.V. | License |
| Jun 17, 2009 Reel 22835, frame 217 | Micronic Laser Systems AB | ASML Netherlands B.V. | Release of License Agreement |
| Jul 8, 2009 Reel 22917, frame 810 | ASML Netherlands B.V. | Micronic Laser Systems AB (publ) | Termination of License Agreement |
Sources
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What's changing
Jun 2028
Term ends Jun 19, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1210 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
49
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2009 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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